Professor Dan Hill is Director of Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne.
A recognised designer and urbanist, Dan has previously held design leadership positions at various organizations, including the Swedish government’s innovation agency Vinnova in Stockholm, Arup in both London and Sydney, Fabrica in Treviso, the Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA in Helsinki, and the UK’s Future Cities Catapult and BBC in London.
Dan is also a Visiting Professor at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Practice and a founder member of the Council on Urban Initiatives, a joint venture between UN HABITAT, LSE and UCL. Dan was one of the inaugural Design Advocates for the Mayor of London and a Trustee of Participatory City Foundation. Dan is the author of the books ‘Dark Matter & Trojan horses: A strategic design playbook’ (Strelka Press, 2012) and ‘Designing missions: Mission-oriented innovation in Sweden (Vinnova, 2022).
The Future Observatory team commissioned Dan to design and lead its regional UK 2040 studios (including the Sheffield Design Lab) as part of Future Observatory's design-led enquiry into how to address the UK’s systemic challenges over the coming decade.
Dan is a contributor to Future Observatory Journal, Issue No. 3, in which he examines the housing crisis in the UK.
